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Editor: It is evident there is okay, someday you know, you wake up like, little concern for salmon, “oh, what’s left of me won’t water, sport, commercial and tribal fishing interest, get me the health of Klamath to the next station” — river, and our beleastarvation. guered local economies, when agribusiness is concerned (“Farmers Sue or maybe someone comes with Over Trinity Flows,” Aug. a jackrabbit in her teeth and 15). It is clear to me that lays the limp fellow on this issue all is being sacrificed in the interat your feet. est of money and the politics it can buy. or like a mother lays down to The temporary nurse her young buck — restraining order for a process that has gone on his hoof and hock snapped clean — for 60 years, which had wet bone in the blackberry leaves. established the primacy of Native American and she circles. stamps her feet. angry. helpless. grieves. the Trinity fishery water rights, smells like desperation. A desperate at— Monte Merrick tempt to get around laws and agreements by any political and legal gamesmanship that can be the Jackson Lewis firm should read the onmustered. It would be most unfortunate line article “Union-Busting, the Latest Ugly if the only way to stop future fish kills and U.S. Export.” It chronicles the anti-labor the eventual death of the Klamath River union movement afoot in this country entailed a determined civil disobedience and overseas, and the leading part that effort. Jackson Lewis has played. But before that happens, the Hoopa Jackson Lewis’ own website touts BradValley Tribe and Pacific Coast Federaley Kampass as being available to teach tion of Fishermen’s Associations should workshops on “ … union relations, contract be supported by our community and its negotiations, grievance arbitration, union elected representatives local, state and avoidance … .” It goes on to mention, “He national. If not, they should be hounded has been a seminar speaker and trainer on until they come around. We must by now maintaining union-free status.” all acknowledge the fact that if the river I am a long time member and admirer is not restored, salmon will be threatened of the Co-op, so I was in disbelief when with no hope. Our interests public, tribal my wife showed me the excellent article and private on this matter will be jeoparwritten by Ryan Burns detailing all of this. dized further. This is an issue of survival My grocery money paying to hire Bradley on many levels for all concerned here in Kampass? I don’t think so. the northwest corner of California. We Anyone still reading this will, I believe, must demand justice in time for the river, agree with me that it is our labor unions the salmon and us. who have fought to preserve many of the — Charles K. Bettiga, Loleta middle class jobs that still remain in this country. Our own United States Postal Service is facing a crisis in which many Editor: middle class wages are on the line. Now, I wish to applaud the letters of both so are Co-op employees. Carl Ratner and Jack Bettis (“Mailbox,” Any union members who are reading Aug. 8 and Aug. 15) in response to the this need to find the Co-op worker’s petiNorth Coast Co-op’s hiring of Jackson tion and sign it, or show up with me at the Lewis to negotiate with its employees’ next Co-op Board meeting on Aug. 22 at union. 6 p.m. in the Eureka Co-op’s Community Readers wishing to know more about continued on next page
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